News tagged with rescue robot

Scientists reach the heights with gecko-inspired tank robot (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a tank-like robot that has the ability to scale smooth walls, opening up a series of applications ranging from inspecting pipes, buildings, aircraft and nuclear ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Practice can make search-and-rescue robot operators more accurate

Urban search and rescue (USAR) task forces are essential for locating, stabilizing, and extricating people who become trapped in confined spaces following a catastrophic event. Sometimes the search area is too unstable for ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Robots to the rescue (w/ Video)

Researchers are exploring ways to make rescue robots less "creepy" and more user-friendly, incorporating lessons learned from studies of how humans interact with technology

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers give robots the capability for deceptive behavior

A robot deceives an enemy soldier by creating a false trail and hiding so that it will not be caught. While this sounds like a scene from one of the Terminator movies, it's actually the scenario of an experiment ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Warwick students take rescue robot to RoboCup Rescue Championship

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Warwick (UK) students are poised to take their  "rescue robot" to the RoboCup Rescue Championship in Germany next week. The students developed their robot in a team project bringing ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA Concludes Lunar Robotics Tests in Arizona

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has concluded two weeks of technology development tests on two of the agency's prototype lunar rovers.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Atlantis moves in on Hubble to grab telescope (Update)

(AP) -- Shuttle Atlantis and its crew moved toward the Hubble Space Telescope for a 350-mile-high grab Wednesday that will set the stage for five days of treacherous spacewalking repairs in an orbit littered ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0